Kelly Malcom
Lead Research Communicator
Malcom is a lead research communicator for Michigan Medicine and research communications strategist for the U-M Medical School, with more than 20 years of experience in strategic communications, marketing, and health and science writing. She covers the basic science departments, pulmonary and critical care medicine, infectious disease, pathology and anesthesiology. Contact: [email protected]
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Despite policy confusion, vaccines for flu, COVID still strongly recommended
With misinformation and shifting policies around vaccines circulate, Michigan Medicine experts agree that the flu, RSV, and COVID vaccines protect against the worse health outcomes.
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CRISPR study reveals surprising role of Cas9 as a guardian of bacterial defense
New research overturns a common assumption about CRISPR Cas9—that unbound from its usual RNA partners, the “empty” or apo form of Cas9 is functionless.
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Study reveals how a popular fentanyl additive affects breathing and heart rate
Study reveals how a popular fentanyl additive, xylazine, affects breathing and heart rate.
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People without health insurance are less likely to obtain lifesaving hospital transfers
Does insurance play a role in which critically ill patients live or die? The unfortunate answer may be yes, due in part to a difference in the rate of inter-hospital transfer, according to new research from the University of Michigan.
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Sepsis can kill even previously healthy people if recognized too late, finds study
A University of Michigan led study finds that patients hospitalized with sepsis who were previously healthy ultimately died because of late intervention.
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Evolutionary insights into the development of the human intestine
An international research team finds that the human gut is a site of rapid change, with recent and important deviations from other mammals.
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Study identifies function behind mysterious variants for gene linked to colon cancer
Michigan Medicine researchers identify the function behind mysterious variants for a gene linked to colon cancer.
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Removal of ventilator breathing tube is delayed for some patients, posing health risks
A study by Michigan Medicine determined how many patients who pass spontaneous breathing trials were extubated within six hours and what factors were associated with staying connected to a ventilator.
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Switching inhalers could have good effects on the climate, but bad effects on health
A JAMA Internal Medicine looked at two groups of patients treated for COPD and asthma who were switched from budesonide/formoterol (commonly known as Symbicort) to the dry powder inhaler fluticasone/salmeterol. The change was associated with increased steroid use.
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Research links iron-mediated cell death and inflammatory bowel disease
New basic science insights into programmed cell death could offer relief for inflammatory bowel disease. The University of Michigan study reveals a connection between lipid reactive oxygen species, iron-mediated cell death and IBD.
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Researchers engineer a herpes virus to turn on T cells for immunotherapy
The University of Michigan team identified herpesvirus saimiri, which infects the T cells of squirrel monkeys, as a source of proteins that activate pathways in T cells that are needed to promote T cell survival.
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The scent of death?
New research work discovers that the presence of dead members of C. elegans has profound behavioral and physiological effects, leading the worms to more quickly reproduce and shorten their lifespans.
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Improved model system allows researchers to study embryo development
Research improves upon a popular experimental model revealing more of the inner workings of a critical period during the formation of an embryo.
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$25M gift builds U-M’s leadership in health care AI
Gilbert S. Omenn, M.D., Ph.D., and his wife, Martha A. Darling, gave $25 million to the Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (DCMB) at the Medical School.
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A structural biologist weighs in on the tricky task of determining RNA’s shape
A recent article in Nature details why the quest to determine the shapes of RNA is difficult even for artificial intelligence.
